Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Tesla's build quality is SHOCKING - and its response was WORSE | MGUY Australia" video.

I just like being in a vehicle that performs well in all weathers. If you can get an ICE to run, you have heat, and using the heater won't cut your trip short on the coldest day when you need it most.
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Tesla's main problem is the establishment hates him. Tesla's quality control has been questionable, but the other automakers are terrible, too. We're overdue for a revolution in durable goods, in general. We have to get away from everything being disposable and built to break.
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@mikethespike7579 I owned a 1974 Datsun pickup. It was very solid, reliable, and easy to repair. I bought it used in 1981 or '82 with a blown exhaust valve, and did a valve job on it for about $40, because I had shop privileges at a Ford dealership where I worked to pay for school. I drove it for several years, and it was not gently treated. That little truck could really scoot on a dirt road.
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@phils4634 You'd have to be pretty crazy to rely on current EV tech and infrastructure for long distance driving, imho. Hybrid or pure ICE is what you want for long trips. Nobody talks about how much heavier a big truck is with those giant batteries. More road damage. More road repairs needed. All manner of unintended consequences our masters didn't consider.
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@craig19721000 I think we all know what insurance companies will do.
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@mikepickford1 It's because the drive train is an electric motor built in the wheel. There's no "drive train" in the sense of drive shaft, transmission, or differential.
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@ppmppm7010 It's not just a matter of competition and better products. Governments place a lot of ridiculous regulations that destry creativity amongst car makers and value for customers. Cars are way too fancy and built to wear out way too soon, and cost a fortune to repair.
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@ppmppm7010 Yes. Exchangeable cartridges could be a way for the infrastructure to grow more organically. You could probably make some decent money with a battery exchange in the city limits and then maybe open one a little farther out of town and slowly colonize the countryside. I just don't see them colonizing "flyover country" any time soon. I have a V6 pickup. I drive it infrequently, but I'm glad I can drive 1000 miles in 24 hours, easily.
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@markiangooley I'm in Northern Idaho and you just don't see them anywhere but in big towns like Boise or Couer d'Alene/$pokane, where there're more rich people and they just run around town in them. They just seem like overbuilt go-carts. You don't need a poor imitation of a traditional gas burner to have an EV that's very practical for in-town driving that'll get you to work or to the shopping center and back.
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They'll just use it as an excuse to take more money by force to build more of these ridiculous "filling stations." Any fool can see this will restrict travel, with little benefit to the planet. Cleaner air (and more garages burning down) in the cities, but probably powered by coal-fired plants.
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